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A surname that has occasionally been used as a first name. Throughout the twentieth century, this uncommon name was used for both genders, but most usually for males. Use of the name spiked in the 1970s and 1980s when surnames-as-given-names became fashionable.

Traditionally an Anglo-Saxon surname that originated as an occupational name. Tuckers were associated with the preparation of cloth and clothing, and with the old English verb "tūcian" ("to torment") which was part of the process of softening cloth. Additionally there is some precedent for a connection with the Gaelic O'Tuachair, used to identify a descendant (historically male) of "the brave one." This is similar to the French sobriquet "tout-coeur" ("all heart").